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tinseltown
/ˈtɪn.səlˌtaʊn/
name 5noun 1
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2TINSELTOWN + NOUN
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Definitions
name
1
Nickname for Hollywood: a district of Los Angeles, California, United States.
There's a woman in the window / There's a bed in Tinseltown / I'll write you when it's over / Let me take this temple down
2
The movie industry, as found in Hollywood, and Greater Los Angeles, CA, US.
3
The film industry of the United States of America.
4
The film industry in general.
5
The Bollywood movie industry.
Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries.
noun
1
A Christmas-themed district of a city, or a Christmas village.
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There's a woman in the window / There's a bed in Tinseltown / I'll write you when it's over / Let me take this temple down
Wiktionary02
Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries.
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